print; counterproof

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Object Type: print; counterproof
Museum number: 1891,0414.1304
Description: Sacra Conversazione, with St Bonaventure and St George; the Virgin and child seated at left before a plant arch; St Bonaventure kneeling in front of her; three women behind him; St George at right - with Rubens's feature - holding a flag, the dead dragon lying in foreground; St Jerome seated on the lion at left, an angel resting on his book; four angels above in the sky, one holding a palm, another one a crown of flowers; counterproof; after Peter Paul Rubens Etching
Producer name: Print made by: Rombout Eynhoudts; After: Peter Paul Rubens
School/style
Production date: 1640-1680
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 267 millimetres (trimmed); Width: 203 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For the original etching see R,3.103. For another counterproof (with colouring by Joshua Reynolds) see 1885,0509.1578. After the painting by Rubens in Antwerp, Chapel of Rubens's Mortuary Monument, Church of St Jacob.
Bibliographic references: Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens (70.49); Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (5)
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Representation of: Virgin Mary; Representation of: Jesus Christ; Representation of: St Bonaventure; Representation of: St George; Representation of: St Jerome; Portrait of: Peter Paul Rubens (as St George)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1891
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1891,0414.1304

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